IntroductionThe LabMate software is for pathology labs, X-ray, Ultrasound and medical
diagnostic centers management. The pathology labs, X-ray, ultrasound and medical
diagnostic centers are the most important part
of today's
health care industry. These centers process large number of
lab specimensamples, x-rays, ultrasounds, CT scans, MR investigations
for the patients sent by several independent physicians, hospitals and
referringlaboratories. The centers have to perform the investigations
and give the reports to the patients and other physicians in time. The
record ofpatients and their investigation reports also have to be
kept in proper fashion for MIS reports, future reference and billing.

The
critical issue faced by these centers is to seek a cutting edge solution
to automate its result reporting system along with management of patient
records and billing of various related parties. In the current competitive
marketplace nicely presented reports along with zero errors would
provide competitive advantage to the lab or diagnostic center. Assessment
and
quality control of the results is another area of importance.
Diagnostic centers use different type of reagents and other chemicals
to conduct
tests during various time periods. The chemical quality
and expiry along with the human errors can cause havoc with the results.
The
Labmate software helps in solving these problems. Labmate program
helps in performing several diagnostic center management functions. Some
of the functions, which can be done by this program, are:

-- A centralized patient booking and issuing of a booking slip
-- Issuing of Receipt, Bill to the patient
-- Recording of lab results
-- Printing of patient reports
-- Maintenance of daily collection, balances
-- Other management reports such as doctor wise collection company wise
collection. Keeping Patient History
-- Diagnosis wise trends
-- View results of a period with statistical and graphical
presentation for quality control.
Labmate does not help in conducting
the lab tests in any way.

Who
can use it?The program helps in management of most of the
types of laboratory &
diagnostic center units. It can be used for clinical, diagnostic center,
hospital & nursing home labs.
LabMate helps in making
different kinds of lab reporting. Major areas of lab reporting Pathology
(Biochemistry, Hematology, Urine, Stool, Semen
Analysis etc), Histopathology, Microbiology, Immunology, X-ray, Ultrasound,
ECG, EEG, Echo, CT Scan etc have been already included in into the system.
The user can also add on, modify the required investigation in the system
through a user-friendly menu driven operation.

Main
functions of LabMateLabMate is divided into three basic steps:
-- Patient Booking.
-- Result Reporting
-- Lab Management information reporting
First two functions
are the major functions for preparing patient reports. The third function
gives critical controlling reports.

Patient Booking:
The patient booking consists of:
-- Adding the patient details
-- Marking the tests for the patient
-- Issuing a booking slip, a receipt and a bill

The
Patient name, Age, Sex, Referring Doctor, Address is the main information
recorded in this step. This record is used in reporting the results of
the patient. After booking the patient details, the tests are marked
by
double clicking a test in a list of tests. The list of test contains
the charges against each test. Total charges to be
taken from the patient are added automatically and can be seen on the
screen.

After booking, a booking slip is printed out and is given to the
patient.
This slip becomes reference document for the patient to go to various
departments for sample collection and also can be used as reference document
at the time of delivery of the report. The patient can also be issued
a bill and a receipt after booking.

Result Reporting:
After carrying out the lab tests the results can be
reported using the booking made against the patients. The result-reporting
module is the
most important part of the Labmate system. It helps in reporting and
printing the lab results. The patients can be chosen in any manner as
convenient
for reporting.
It is not important to book patients
at the time of arrival of the patients. The same can be done at any time
before reporting. With this maintenance
of register are necessary and the booking slips, receipts; bills cannot
be issued to the patient. The numbers of tests, which can be reported
at one time for a patient, are unlimited (subject to change). This capability
combined with ease of reporting is one of the strengths of the Labmate
program.

The Labmate program
provides these reports for better lab management. These reports can be
produced for a day or for a particular period. For
the labs, which have business connections with referencing doctors, labs,
nursing homes, and other such institutions, information on the business
provided by them can be printed on periodic basis. In case of labs, which
are working under panel of some companies, similar kind of, reports can
be produced for billing these companies.

FeaturesTo achieve maximum benefits from the system, Labmate has following features:
-- No preformatted report forms are required.
-- The test parameters such as method, normal values, measurement units
are changeable as and when required.
-- Any new test addition can also be done at any time. The limit is virtually
unlimited. -- Can report any number of tests for one patient.
-- Results are reported for only those tests, which have been selected
for the patient. For example if ESR is to be reported for the patient,
then only ESR results will be printed in the report and not the entire
Hematology.

Hardware & Software
RequirementsLabmate program is used with computers having the Windows based operating
systems. For minimum performance following configuration is required.